A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD ELEPHANT CENSER AND COVER
A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD ELEPHANT CENSER AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736- 1795) Heavily cast, the deep rounded body supported on three gilt-bronze elephant-head feet, each with long tusks and bejewelled harnesses, the sides flanked by a pair of elephant-heads, the handles decorated in bright cloisonné enamels with two medallions on the body, each enclosing a shou character flanked by a pair of bats and surrounded by dense scrolling lotus blooms below a ruyi head border, the domed cover with three ruyi shaped panels on a scrolling lotus bloom ground, all surrounded by finely and intricately cast gilt openwork, surmounted by a recumbent elephant richly adorned with a bejewelled harness and beaded garlands embellished with multi-coloured hardstones, with an enamel decorated saddle draped over is back supporting the gilt-bronze finial cast as a small offering bowl with an ornately decorated gilt-bronze cover 21 2/3 in. (55 cm.) high
A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD ELEPHANT CENSER AND COVER
A RARE CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE TRIPOD ELEPHANT CENSER AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736- 1795) Heavily cast, the deep rounded body supported on three gilt-bronze elephant-head feet, each with long tusks and bejewelled harnesses, the sides flanked by a pair of elephant-heads, the handles decorated in bright cloisonné enamels with two medallions on the body, each enclosing a shou character flanked by a pair of bats and surrounded by dense scrolling lotus blooms below a ruyi head border, the domed cover with three ruyi shaped panels on a scrolling lotus bloom ground, all surrounded by finely and intricately cast gilt openwork, surmounted by a recumbent elephant richly adorned with a bejewelled harness and beaded garlands embellished with multi-coloured hardstones, with an enamel decorated saddle draped over is back supporting the gilt-bronze finial cast as a small offering bowl with an ornately decorated gilt-bronze cover 21 2/3 in. (55 cm.) high
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